Trump says nuclear energy deal is contingent on Saudis signing Abraham Accords

President Donald Trump on Thursday threw a last-minute wrinkle into the agreement he made with Saudi Arabia to partner on developing the Kingdom's civil nuclear energy program by declaring on his social media platform the deal is contingent on it signing the Abraham Accords, which would require it to normalize relations with Israel. That contingency wasn't in the original deal to which the U.S. and Saudis agreed to. Two U.S. officials told ABC News the deal leaves open the possibility that Saudi Arabia will enrich uranium domestically in the future, a prospect that could raise concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. However, Trump disputed the officials' description of the agreement in his post Thursday, saying there would be no uranium enrichment. "There will be no enrichment of material!" Trump wrote, adding that the deal "is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed at a White House press briefing hours later that the condition had been added to the agreement. "Yes, this deal with Saudi Arabia, the energy deal, is contingent on this condition as far as the president is concerned. So we'll continue to talk with our Saudi counterparts to get the deal finalized and hopefully see them joining Abraham Accords very soon," Leavitt said. But Leavitt said that Trump had not spoken with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud about the new condition. "As you know, the president just put out this statement a few hours ago. I don't believe he's had a call with MBS in the hours since. However, this is something that he has raised in previous conversations and has also said many times in the past," Leavitt said.